A chance to change our country for the better (Hexham Liberal Democrats)

Hexham Liberal Democrats <info@hexhamlibdems.org.uk>

A chance to change our country for the better

May 3, 2010 11:44 PM

Andrew Duffield

Elections that make a real difference don't happen very often - but this is one of them. On May 6th, you have a chance to change our country for the better. We've had 65 years of Labour and Tory ding-dong: the same two old parties taking turns and making the same mistakes, letting us down. They've taught us to expect little from politics and get less. It's time for something different.

I'm angry that 65 years of red-blue government has left a child's life chances determined more by their parents' bank balance than by their own potential.

I'm angry that banks have been left to ride roughshod over our economy, are still handing out bonuses by the bucket load and aren't lending to local firms.

I'm angry that politics has been left to rich donors and corrupt MPs, whose warm words have done nothing to address climate change or global poverty.

And I'm angry that the poor have been left behind, paying disproportionately more in tax, unable to afford a home and increasingly unable to find work.

I believe things don't have to be this way. I believe we must fight for change. Above all, I believe we should rise above low politics and broken promises. We must set our sights on a fairer Britain - one that we can build together.

The Lib Dems are different. On the big issues (the banks, the environment, the war in Iraq) we have been the only party that has called it right every time.

Only the Liberal Democrats have the big ideas for fundamental change to make our country fair. Only the Liberal Democrats will shake up the system and put £700 back in the pockets of tens of millions of low and middle-income families, funded by ensuring the wealthy pay their fair share. Only the Liberal Democrats will break up the banks and get Britain building again, creating a sustainable economy that no longer threatens our planet's future. Only the Liberal Democrats will invest in our schools and give every child, no matter their background, a fair start in life. Only the Liberal Democrats will sort out our rotten political system for good.

A strong Lib Dem vote here in Hexham will help end red-blue, blue-red politics nationally and will stop the Tories from taking our area for granted ever again. It means the beginning of real change that works for you.